NBA:Joe Harris, a rookie guard who starred for the Virginia Cavaliers, signed a guaranteed two-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, sources told The Daily Progress of Charlottesville's Whitelaw Reid.That all but assures Harris will make the team...

The odes began late Sunday night, interrupted only by Monday's grand theater between the U.S. and Ghana. And how richly deserved they were. The San Antonio Spurs' NBA championship, their dominance of the Miami Heat, commitment to team and reversal of last...

NORFOLK — Basketball at the highest level appears to be challenging enough. But ever-curious Kent Bazemore stepped away from the game for almost four months, certain that the time away would recharge him.
With a new contract and a new home, he eagerly...

Duke faithful used to worry that coaching the pros would lure Mike Krzyzewski away from the Blue Devils. The Celtics called, the Lakers called, and heaven knows who else.
Never mind the notion that a college basketball lifer wouldn’t translate to the...

After returning to Charlottesville at the start of the week from the Czech Republic on a high after helping lead Team USA to a gold medal in the FIBA U19 world championships, Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett was blindsided with a double hit of...

At 25 — not ready for his AARP card, but some five years older than the NBA rookie he once aspired to be — Stefan Welsh still has game. If you don't believe that, you obviously weren't at Maury High School on a Saturday afternoon in late June.
The...

The future of Poquoson High football showed plenty of arm on his first varsity pass. Maybe a little too much in overthrowing the intended receiver.
Sophomore quarterback Chase Pinder settled down quickly, decisively tucking the ball in under pressure and...

Were you paying attention to the pop culture in 2011? It was certainly an eventful year, with pop stars and talk show hosts grabbing headlines and a colorful cast of Republican presidential hopefuls jockeying for position. Here's a little test to make...

On the first day of spring, inside Hampton University's Holland Hall, two men sweat through a morning workout at one end of the basketball court.
The younger man, Hampton University senior and All-MEAC wing Darrion Pellum, aspires to a professional...

We’ll probably never know all the reasons that led Jim Larranaga to accept one of ACC basketball’s worst coaching jobs: Miami.
Was it simply, as he said during his introductory news conference Friday, the opportunity to coach in a premier conference...

THE VITALSCoach | Jared Van Acker (second year at Grafton, 8-3; fifth year overall 19-22)
2010 | 8-3, 7-2 (T-second); lost in the Region I Division 4 semifinals
Last time not in playoffs | 2009
Division...

Mike Krzyzewski and Roy Williams have not been marginalized. Shaka Smart and VCU, or some other interlopers, still can crash the Final Four.
But there's no denying that Kentucky's national championship Monday night, and the way coach John Calipari...

Miami is all about glitz. South Beach, Coconut Grove, Lebron and D-Wade. Virginia played a glitzy football game in the Miami burbs Thursday night, hitting the hometown Hurricanes with a tailback pass, fake field goal and three touchdowns of longer than 35...

When Mike Krzyzewski visited Hampton in April, recruiting for Duke at the Boo Williams Nike event, we spoke briefly about the United States national team he was set to coach for a second consecutive Olympics. Center Dwight Howard was sidelined with a back...